Sramana: Selling brand advertising in social advertising has been challenging for many companies that also tried this model. Why did you succeed when they failed? Chris Cunningham: In order to sell a premium brand representation at the highest value, we created perceived value of advertising in social apps. That is critical because many other companies
Sramana: When was the official beginning of appssavvy? Chris Cunningham: It officially started in November 2007. This was pre-Apple commercials. We were one of the first companies to create a name that had “apps” in it. There was not an application conversation market in those days. I did have an important lesson I learned during
Chris Cunningham is the CEO and co-founder of appssavvy, an activity advertising technology company. He also serves as co-chair of the IAB Social Media Committee and in 2010 and 2011 was a finalist for Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year award. Chris graduated from the University of North Carolina Greensboro with BA in economics